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I watched Code Geass despite my hatred for CLAMP character designs. I have to say I was surprised by how good it was. Aside from the annoying CLAMP designs (the characters are absurdly skinny outside of the obviously manly men characters) everything about it was top notch, though the finale was a bit ridiculous in execution. It had one of the best dubs I've ever heard, too. So much so that I can't watch it in Japanese at all. Whoever says the dubs in Code Geass are bad is an utter liar.

Has anyone here seen Mushishi? I just watched the first two episodes yesterday and thought they were great. So apparently it's kinda like an X-Files sort of thing, where every episode is going to be a new case. Seems like a pretty cool idea, and the concept of the mushi seems like it could be pretty versatile. Looking forward to seeing what they do with it.

The only other anime series I've watched all the way through were Evangelion (which I really didn't like very much), Berserk (which I thought was kinda overrated but liked much more than Evangelion), FLCL (which was great) and Planetes (which was one of the greatest shows of any kind I have ever seen). Edit: oh yeah and Now and Then, Here and There, which was pretty great, too. Come to think of it I should really watch more anime series, the good ones are really good.

Wolf's Rain...sucks. I have no idea how I made it through 27 episodes, but I couldn't watch the last 2.5 episodes. I got tired of watching these fuckers walk around for 22 minutes.

Oh my God that show is awful! You made it much further than I did (I only watched like... 7 or 8 episodes), but from the sound of it I'm lucky I bailed when I did. I probably never would have thought about that show ever again if you hadn't reminded me. Damn you! Haha. Bad show.

I never got past the first episode of Code Geass. D: Even though I keep thinking of going back to rewatch it. The only series I'm sort of watching now is Pandora Hearts... but only because I have no idea what's going on and I want to find out! :P I gave up on 07 Ghost after the first episode and the other series this season didn't really interest me. I'm also re-watching Ouran for the crack.

Yeah, Mushishi is episodic, and fucking awesome. I watched it over the winter and loved it. Though, it helps if you're in the mood for slow story-telling.

Yeah, it [Wolf's Rain] actually started getting better around episode 10 or so, but then had four straight recap episodes. This isn't Gundam fucking SEED. Then the show was fucking boring again until episode 26, then just became lame again.

Finished Ai Yori Aoshi. Episode 21 was weak. Not because it was bad, because of how unnatural it was. No one has that much concern over someone having a fucking cold.

I'm planning the marathon the second hald of Gundam 00 S2 this week, since I'm finally getting close to finishing downloading the series (if it wasn't for K dramas, I would've finished this series a month ago.)

The divergence between the old anime and the new one has finally occurred, and damn, if the showdown between Wrath and Greed wasn't awesome. Much better than Greed's throwdown with Ed in the old version.

The divergence between the old anime and the new one has finally occurred, and damn, if the showdown between Wrath and Greed wasn't awesome. Much better than Greed's throwdown with Ed in the old version.

You know, if I recall correctly, I felt more tension during Ed and Greed's fight then I did with Greed and Wrath. It was still fantastic, but Ed had a good chance of dying in that fight which grabbed my attention more.Yeah, I've been watching FMA Brotherhood and Mushishi. Liking both so far.

The divergence between the old anime and the new one has finally occurred, and damn, if the showdown between Wrath and Greed wasn't awesome. Much better than Greed's throwdown with Ed in the old version.

You know, if I recall correctly, I felt more tension during Ed and Greed's fight then I did with Greed and Wrath. It was still fantastic, but Ed had a good chance of dying in that fight which grabbed my attention more.Yeah, I've been watching FMA Brotherhood and Mushishi. Liking both so far.

The thing is that the original version of Ed vs. Greed was largely lifted from the manga version but in a different setting and without the battles that followed thanks to them fighting it out in that magic circle. That said, compared to the new Ed vs. Greed (which they kinda skimmed over somewhat) the old one was visually impressive. Of course the next five or so episodes are going get even better.